Bioinformatics and Machine Learning Scientist, June 2016-August 2021
PhD Health and Biomedical Data Science Student jointly with AMPEL and George Washington University, August 2021-present
Publications with AMPEL :
- Transcriptomics data: pointing the way to subclassification and personalized medicine in systemic lupus erythematosus 
- Analysis of gene expression from systemic lupus erythematosus synovium reveals myeloid cell-driven pathogenesis of lupus arthritis

Research Associate, March 2021-present
Biomedical Engineering UVA Capstone with AMPEL, August 2021-May 2022
UVA B.S. BME May 2022, Full time after graduation

UVA Immunology PhD
Data Scientist Pre-Clinical Models, January 2022-present
Bioinformatics & Machine Learning Post-Doc, January 2020-January 2022
Publications with AMPEL: 
- Comprehensive transcriptomic analysis of COVID-19 blood, lung, and airway
- Augmented glucose dependency of autoreactive B cells provides a treatment target for lupus

Biomedical Engineering PhD 
Staff Scientist and Medical Affairs Liason, September 2020-present
Bioinformatics & Machine Learning Post-Doc, September 2018-September 2020
Publications with AMPEL: 
- Machine learning reveals distinct gene signature profiles in lesional and nonlesional regions of inflammatory skin diseases
- An introduction to machine learning and analysis of its use in rheumatic diseases

Research Associate, June 2022-present

Staff Scientist and Medical Affairs Liason, AMPEL BioSolutions, June 2018-present.         
             UVA BA Biology 2010, MS Microbiology 2012, PhD Immunology 2016.
             AMPEL BioSolutions Systems Immunology Post-Doc June 2016-June 2018.

Publications with AMPEL:

A.C. Labonte, B. Kegerreis, N. Geraci, P. Bachali, S. Madamanchi, R. Robl, M.D. Catalina, P.E. Lipsky and A.C. Grammer. “Identification of alterations in macrophage polarization associated with disease activity in systemic lupus erythematosus,” PLoS One 13(12):e0208132, 2018. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478921/
 
M.D. Catalina, K.A. Owen, A.C. Labonte, A.C. Grammer and P.E. Lipsky, “The pathogenesis of systemic  lupus erythematosus: harnessing Big Data to understand the molecular basis of lupus,” J. Autoimmunity 110:102359-102369, 2020.  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31806421/
 
K.A. Owen, A. Price, H. Ainsworth, B.N. Aidukaitis, P. Bachali, M.D. Catalina, J.M. Dittman, T.D. Howard, Kathryn M. Kingsmore, A.C. Labonte, Robert D. Robl, Kip D. Zimmerman, C.D. Langefeld, P.E. Lipsky* and A.C. Grammer* (*co-corresponding authors),“Analysis of Trans-Ancestral SLE Risk Loci Identifies Unique Biologic Networks and Drug Targets in African and European Ancestries,” Am. J. Human Genetics 107:1-18, 2020.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.09.007